What are the privileges, Whom would you include on your

What are the privileges

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Ethicists, lawyers, and theologians have attempted to define personhood in the debate to define who should have rights and privileges associated with personhood. Some of the elements considered for personhood (from page 207 of Edge & Groves Ethics of Health Care) include:

One who has interests
One who has cognitive awareness
One who is capable of relationships
One who has a sense of futurity

Whom would you include on your list of who counts as a person and what are the privileges? What does the Bible's inclusive definition of 'neighbor' from the story of the Good Samaritan tell us about who counts as a person worthy of rights? What do you see as the most ethically important criteria for personhood? Why? State your reasoning in terms of the ethical principles we have learned.

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